SEAT-BELT INJURIES

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that using lap and shoulder seat belts reduces the risk of:

• Front seat passenger car occupant deaths by 45%
• Front seat passenger car occupant moderate to critical injuries by 50%
• Front seat light truck occupant deaths by 60%
• Front seat light truck occupant moderate to critical injuries by 65%

Seatbelt injury, also called seatbelt syndrome, is a group of common injury profiles associated with the use of seatbelts. These range from bruising and abrasions following the distribution of the seatbelt, also known as seatbelt signs, to intra-abdominal injuries and vertebral fractures.

SYMPTOMS:

Skin abrasions

bruising on the surface

injuries to the  bowel and mesenteric,

fractures of the lumbar spine. .

Thoracic injuries due to seat belt force include sternal fracture, rib fracture, pulmonary contusion, and more rarely myocardial contusion.

DIAGNOSIS:

• Plain x-rays of the chest and pelvis
• USG WHOLE ABDOMEN
• CT scan
• MRI
• Blood tests- cbc,amylase ,lipase,lft .

HOMOEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT:

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Ruta - Pressure deep in orbits. Tarsal cartilage feels bruised, Pain in bones of feet and ankles.

Ledum -

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